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zygotic

American  
[zahy-got-ik] / zaɪˈgɒt ɪk /

adjective

Biology.
  1. of or relating to a zygote.

  2. having zygosity.


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Etymology

Origin of zygotic

First recorded in 1905–10; zygote + -ic

Example Sentences

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A mechanism of cohesin-dependent loop extrusion organizes zygotic genome architecture.

From Nature • Sep. 26, 2017

Each point represents a single cell. f, Diagram summarizing the observations made in the study and their relationship to the onset of zygotic POU5F1 expression.

From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017

Each point represents a single cell. f, Diagram summarizing the observations made in the study and their relationship to the onset of zygotic POU5F1 expression.

From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017

Then-me was zygotic, all potential and flux, and he tried to irradiate me to the world, to help mutate now-me into existence.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2017

It is a peculiarity that the result which we call the ripening of the generative organs nearly always appears among the final products of the action of the zygotic machine.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

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